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I recently bought a new system with XP home already installed. Now I find
that I should have installed the new SATA hard drive for better perfomance
with my new P4 dual layered processor. I have ordered the new SATA 80 GB
drive and would expect that when I install the XP on it I will have to call
microsoft to activate it on the hard drive (since it was originally
installed on the hard drive that I got with the new system). Any issues here
or just call and explain the upgrade during the activation? (Understood that
I will have to reinstall my other software again) As a follow up to this,
would there be any problem slaving the original drive on the same IDE ribbon
as the new SATA drive?
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

This should not be a problem, providing you have the SATA connection as Rick
Rogers stated. I recently installed a Maxtor SATA drive without a hitch. The
software that comes with the drive should walk you through it. It gives you
the option to make the new drive the boot drive or the slave. No need to call
Microsoft.

"Don" wrote:

> I recently bought a new system with XP home already installed. Now I find
> that I should have installed the new SATA hard drive for better perfomance
> with my new P4 dual layered processor. I have ordered the new SATA 80 GB
> drive and would expect that when I install the XP on it I will have to call
> microsoft to activate it on the hard drive (since it was originally
> installed on the hard drive that I got with the new system). Any issues here
> or just call and explain the upgrade during the activation? (Understood that
> I will have to reinstall my other software again) As a follow up to this,
> would there be any problem slaving the original drive on the same IDE ribbon
> as the new SATA drive?
>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi Don,

Activating on the new drive shouldn't be a problem at all, no reason you
cannot do this. Make sure the new system is SATA capable, as a SATA drive
does not use an IDE cable, it has a different connector and this requires a
specific type of slot on the motherboard (you didn't mention what make/model
you bought). The current IDE drive can probably remain right where it is.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Don" <harley4don@npgcable.com> wrote in message
news:OH1qNu5uFHA.2504@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I recently bought a new system with XP home already installed. Now I find
>that I should have installed the new SATA hard drive for better perfomance
>with my new P4 dual layered processor. I have ordered the new SATA 80 GB
>drive and would expect that when I install the XP on it I will have to call
>microsoft to activate it on the hard drive (since it was originally
>installed on the hard drive that I got with the new system). Any issues
>here or just call and explain the upgrade during the activation?
>(Understood that I will have to reinstall my other software again) As a
>follow up to this, would there be any problem slaving the original drive on
>the same IDE ribbon as the new SATA drive?
>
 
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"Don" <harley4don@npgcable.com> wrote in message
news:OH1qNu5uFHA.2504@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I recently bought a new system with XP home already installed. Now I find
>that I should have installed the new SATA hard drive for better perfomance
>with my new P4 dual layered processor. I have ordered the new SATA 80 GB
>drive and would expect that when I install the XP on it I will have to call
>microsoft to activate it on the hard drive (since it was originally
>installed on the hard drive that I got with the new system). Any issues
>here or just call and explain the upgrade during the activation?
>(Understood that I will have to reinstall my other software again) As a
>follow up to this, would there be any problem slaving the original drive on
>the same IDE ribbon as the new SATA drive?
>

Other people have commented on the SATA/IDE issue and activation, but are
you sure the SATA drive is going to be faster? The SATA interface gives you
faster transfer of data on the cable, but there are other factors that
affect the performance of the drive itself, which also plays a significant
role. If you haven't looked into all of the stats, you may be going through
this for little benefit, other than an extra 80 Gb of space.
 
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"D.Currie" wrote:
> ..... are you sure the SATA drive is going to be faster?


It won't be noticeably faster, but he already ordered it.

*TimDaniels*
 
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"Don" <harley4don@npgcable.com> wrote:

>I recently bought a new system with XP home already installed. Now I find
>that I should have installed the new SATA hard drive for better perfomance
>with my new P4 dual layered processor. I have ordered the new SATA 80 GB
>drive and would expect that when I install the XP on it I will have to call
>microsoft to activate it on the hard drive (since it was originally
>installed on the hard drive that I got with the new system). Any issues here
>or just call and explain the upgrade during the activation? (Understood that
>I will have to reinstall my other software again) As a follow up to this,
>would there be any problem slaving the original drive on the same IDE ribbon
>as the new SATA drive?
>

You will have a separate data cable and a different power connector
for the SATA drive.

You may also have to make some changes in the BIOS setup with regard
to the hard drive controllers. I had to do that twice in the past 2
days on new systems with A-OPen motherboards.

They worked just fine when there was only a SATA hard drive or only an
IDE hard drive present, but had problems detecting and getting the
drive boot priority right when both drive types were installed.

With the A-Open motherboards I had to change the BIOS setup to a
"Mixed" category for the drive controllers and then had the option
available to choose either the SATA or the IDE (PATA) drive as the
primary boot.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm
 
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"Timothy Daniels" <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote in message
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> "D.Currie" wrote:
>> ..... are you sure the SATA drive is going to be faster?
>
>
> It won't be noticeably faster, but he already ordered it.
>
> *TimDaniels*

True, but if it's not going to help, he can return it or just use it as
extra storage.
 
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What nobody mentioned (unless I missed it), is that your PS also has to have
a SATA power lead.

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johnf

>I recently bought a new system with XP home already installed. Now I find
> that I should have installed the new SATA hard drive for better
> perfomance with my new P4 dual layered processor. I have ordered the
> new SATA 80 GB drive and would expect that when I install the XP on it
> I will have to call microsoft to activate it on the hard drive (since
> it was originally installed on the hard drive that I got with the new
> system). Any issues here or just call and explain the upgrade during
> the activation? (Understood that I will have to reinstall my other
> software again) As a follow up to this, would there be any problem
> slaving the original drive on the same IDE ribbon as the new SATA drive?
 
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